Devotion Out Of Fear Is Fine

Recently I had been to Palani,Tamil Nadu for performing the hair Tonsuring Ceremony of my Grand daughter.

Palani Temple

My son who is neither a Believer nor a Non Believer, depends on his mood swings, as it is with most of us(only he is honest about it),as usual posed a question as to whether it is really Fear that impels one towards Devotion.

This question has a bearing to his statement the earlier Day and my reply.

He said he did not believe in Customs and is following because he is told so, so as not to offend me.

I replied him that there are things one learns in Life by experiences and times by paying a heavy price.

It is better looking foolish than to suffer and regret.

I also added, that , as far as visiting Temples to complete a Vow or a Family tradition,one must never set a time frame for completion of the Ceremony and for that matter visiting and darshan of God, when he asked me as to when we are expected to return after completion of the Ceremony, wanted a time frame.

I narrated an earlier incident when I visited Tirupati to have a darshan of Lord Balaji along with my 8year Old Daughter and my nephew.

My Nephew is quite religious and is a senior Guru for visiting Sabari malai, which he has been visiting yearly for over forty years regularly.

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Strangely, fear is the main reason religious people revere God. I still wonder why does a person need to fear God? Is He fearsome or loving? Aren’t the asuras fearful of God? Even the lesser gods are fearful of the Lord God. What kind of a God would want His devotees to be fearful? I wonder what Thirrukural meant by that. Nice write up. God bless.

The post is for people who ,right now, do not understand Spirituality.
They will understand the necessity of God and Spirituality when Life tosses them around.
Till then fear is the only stimulus that will make people believe in a Superior Reality.
You are Right, God does not evoke fear.
Thirukkural is right in saying, in general, that one should fear what is to be feared.